The Jocular Junction

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News

* [ ] WotC CEO talks about using AI in his games, and with the future of D&D.

* [ ] Laid off WotC employee previously warned about AI.

* [ ] Want to use AI for Game Masters, vs the stance on AI Art.

* [ ] RPGs are becoming viewed as art, but WotC views it as brand profits.

* [ ] Bob Observation: Darington Press not a featured partner on D&D Direct.

* [ ] D&D preorders via Paypal might be canceled.

* [ ] 20 Sided Tavern to host celebrity guests.

Crowd Funding & Deals

* [ ] Knave 2e Adventure Jam

* [ ] Transformers Humble Bundle

* [ ] Lost works of Gygax

* [ ] Star Trek Adventures 1e

Design / Inspiration

* [ ] Modular_D6 v0.6.5 on Itch! (FREE)

* [ ] Using Shadowdark to play Ravenloft Adventures

My Games

* [ ] DCC Dying Earth is in uncharted territory!

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News

* [ ] Draw Steel playtest out for backers

* [ ] MCDM’s Draw Steel Creator License

* [ ] Compared to Paizo’s ORC License?

* [ ] Changes to 2024 D&D on DnD beyond compared to books.

* [ ] Day 1 Errata?

* [ ] Greg Tito leaves WotC

Crowd Funding

* [ ] Faster Purple Worm! Everybody Dies, Vol. 1

* [ ] DMs Guild: Frontiers of Eberron: Quickstone

* [ ] Interactive Eberron Map

Design / Inspiration

* [ ] Modular_D6 v0.6.5 on Itch! (FREE)

My Games

* [ ] Planegea 5e

* [ ] Running Dying Earth DCC - The Great Visp Hunt

* [ ] Next Module, level 3 - Magnific Machinations at the Grand Exposition of Marvels

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News

* [ ] D&D Direct August 27th on YouTube.

* [ ] Cosmere RPG Kickstarter finished at $14,692,791

* [ ] Shipping Estimated September 2025

* [ ] Someone made an Alien Romulus module!

Design / Inspiration

* [ ] BLAME!

* [ ] DamiLee Video on BLAME!

* [ ] Modular_D6 v0.6.5 on Itch! (FREE)

My Games

* [ ] Planegea 5e

* [ ] Running Dying Earth DCC - The Great Visp Hunt

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News

* [ ] D&D Direct August 27th on YouTube.

* [ ] Alt Covers delayed outside of North America.

* [ ] UK and Europe - Oct 18

* [ ] Australia - Oct 24 (BIRTHDAY!)

* [ ] New Zealand - Oct 31

* [ ] Dungeon Master’s Guide 11/12/2024

* [ ] Monster Manual 02/18/2025

* [ ] D&D Beyond to include 2014 and 2024, but merge some rules?

* [ ] It was problematic including playtest material, doing both editions is going to be difficult.

* [ ] New spells will replace old versions

* [ ] Or they won’t?

* [ ] Secret Level - Animated series Dec 10th

* [ ] Features Tiamat, and other game stories.

* [ ] New Paizo book features Six New Schools of Magic

Crowd Funding

* [ ] Our Golden Age (OGA) - Backerkit

Design / Inspiration

* [ ] Bloomburrow and Mousefolk!

* [ ] Ptolus! Amazing setting, really neat.

* [ ] Alien Romulus as a dungeon crawl.

* [ ] Barrowmaze! An OSR mega dungeon

* [ ] Sword World - What if TTRPGs developed without D&D’s influence?

My Games

* [ ] Planegea 5e

* [ ] Running Dying Earth DCC - the Laughing Idol of Lar Shan tomorrow!

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News

* [ ] What happened!?

* [ ] Great video by Bob World Builder on what is a Ranger?

* [ ] Dragonlance Legacies - a new Trilogy from Weis and Hickman

* [ ] Dragonlance Chronicles releases Feb 4th 2025

* [ ] Nu5e - are Lair Actions gone?

* [ ] Weird Tales Shadowdark Game Jam

Crowd Funding

* [ ] Cosmere RPG

* [ ] Beta Rules Available

* [ ] Demiplane has a Cosmere Nexus

* [ ] Kobold Press - Labyrinth

Design / Inspiration

* [ ] Need to write spells descriptions, and a few monsters.

* [ ] Cypher Character Generator

My Games

* [ ] Mushrooms worked in Planegea!

* [ ] Running Dying Earth DCC - the Laughing Idol of Lar Shan tomorrow!

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News

* [ ] ENnie Award Winners for 2024

* [ ] D&D 2024 PHB is out in the wild. Reviews are popping up.

* I’m still confused about duel wielding.

* [ ] Alphastream has a good video review.

* [ ] Sly Flourish does too.

* [ ] GenCon

* [ ] DnD Beyond VTT (Project Sigil) will go to consoles

* [ ] Want this to be a digital toybox, not a game like Baldur’s Gate 3

* [ ] Artificer is coming (of course) and I’m sure further redesigns of existing sub classes.

* [ ] Paizo launched Starfinder 2e playtest. This is part of the breakaway from the OGL, like Pathfinder 2e Remaster.

* [ ] Alien: the RPG gets a 2e, going to Kickstarter

* [ ] Modiphius to release a Space: 1999 TTRPG.

* [ ] Space: 1999 was a 1975 sci-fi British tv show.

* [ ] Uses their 2d20 system, Dune, Fallout, Homeworld, Star Trek Adventures, etc.

Crowd Funding

* [ ] Our Golden Age (OGA)

* [ ] sequel/prequel to Ultraviolet Grasslands

* [ ] ION Heart

* [ ] A Lo-Fi Solo Mech Exploration game

My Games

* [ ] Planegea - Hallucinogenic Mushrooms?, Fighting a pseudo-God, Gnolls

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News

* [ ] Deadpool and Wolverine! - no spoilers

* [ ] GenCon around the corner, and 2024 PHB will be available.

* [ ] Lots of fun panels too. Sadly I can’t make it.

* [ ] New WotC president John Hight who led the WoW division of Blizzard for 12 years.

* [ ] WotC removed Digital Content Team Credits from D&D Beyond.

* [ ] Lifestyle brand:

* [ ] Dark Horse Comics to make MTG and D&D comics

* [ ] Lego D&D Minifigures - September

* [ ] Beadle & Grimms Classic Module Dice sets.

* [ ] Dungeon Craft had an “I Told you So” video detailing the digitalization of D&D.

* [ ] Paizo updates their licenses and fan content policy

* [ ] May use logos to display compatibility.

* [ ] Pathfinder and Starfinder Infinite is on hold until Pathfinder 2E is released.

* [ ] MCDM announced the name of the MCDM RPG.

* [ ] Meanwhile I’m making videos on Gate Towns!

* [ ] Will 2014 D&D work with 2024? Yes I think so!

Crowd Funding

* [ ] Codex Arcana (Kickstarter)

* [ ] ‘80s Adventures (Kickstarter)

* [ ] D6 System 2E (Kickstarter)

Design / Inspiration

* [ ] Dictionary of Imaginary Places

My Games

* [ ] Dying Earth DCC funnel success. Level 1 tomorrow.

* [ ] DCC Day a success! Ran The Queen of Elfland’s Son.

* [ ] DCC First time fan kit, great deal!

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News

* [ ] 2024 PHB Videos Continue

* [ ] Monk, Sorcerer, Cleric, Bard, Dragon designs

* [ ] Monk seems extra complex, Bard has limited magical secrets but more spell options than a Wizard?

* [ ] Lots of video game bundle prepurchase stuff on D&D Beyond.

* [ ] Quests from the Infinite Staircase is out on D&D Beyond

* [ ] 2024 Ennie Nominations are out! Voting opens July 12th, runs through July 21st.

* [ ] Daggerheart Final Beta playtest is out.

* [ ] DCC Day is July 20th!

Crowd Funding

* [ ] Moonbeam - a new streaming service.

* [ ] Monte Cook Games - The Anywhere Door

* [ ] Caverns of Thracia - 460k+

* [ ] Tanares by Dragori Games

Design / Inspiration

* [ ] I don’t want classes. Or do I?

* [ ] Dave Thaumavore Reviews the setting for Forbidden Lands

My Games

* [ ] Planegea 5e

* [ ] Forbidden Lands is pausing, I’m going to run DCC Dying Earth

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News

* [ ] 2024 PHB Videos Continue

* [ ] Spells > Influence from Baldur’s Gate 3

* [ ] Crafting Sneak Peak > interesting it’s in the PHB and not DMG.

* [ ] Makes your tool proficiency useful.

* [ ] 2024 Ennie Nominations are out! Voting opens July 12th, runs through July 21st.

* [ ] Standouts for Jorphdan

* [ ] Gods of the Forbidden North: Volume 1 for OSE

* [ ] One-Shot Wonders

* [ ] Empires of the Silk Road, the album

* [ ] Hexcrawl Toolbox

* [ ] Shadowdark

* [ ] Salvage Union

* [ ] Dave Thaumavore

* [ ] RPG Stamps

Design / Writing

* [ ] ModularD6 is on Patreon, v 0.6.4.

* [ ] For spells, separating magical damage from useful mechanics. So Fireball is handled differently than Fly unlike in 5e. This is similar to how Cairn handles spells.

Home Games

* [ ] Weird improve game from my perspective. I felt unprepared. Fought a dragon slime ooze, and I plan on doubling down on their interest into going to NOD, the land of nightmares.

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News

* [ ] How was Free RPG Day?

* [ ] Crit Awards leaves Gen Con for 2024

* [ ] Gen Con revoked their attendance due to “safety concerns” violating Gen Con Policy.

* [ ] More D&D vids on classes for 2024.

* [ ] Ranger Changes, Hunter’s Mark further integrated into the class

* [ ] Counter spell & Dispel Magic get a boost with the Abjuration Wizard

* [ ] Druid Wild shape Updates

* [ ] 2024 PHB has an embargo of August 1st.

* [ ] Kraken Week is a collab with YouTubers to make water themed videos for July 1st-7th.

* [ ] Monte Cook Games is having a really good 5e sale.

* [ ] https://itch.io/physical-games/on-sale/tag-ttrpg

Crowd Funding

* [ ] Caverns of Thracia (Backerkit)

Design / Writing

* [ ] Full changes along with Modules will be on Patreon this weekend.

* [ ] Spells to be tackled next.

Home Games

* [ ] Planegea! Gotta prep some games.

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